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If you're a programmer, how many files do you have open in your editor? Less than 10? All the time? Why is a browser different?

• stewbrew 9y ago
  Most people aren't programmers and they (thinking of family etc.) sometimes use tabs as bookmarks. I don't argue against using tabs if you need them. What I'm saying is that people often use tabs when they actually want something else.
  • wvenable 9y ago
    I hardly bookmark anything anymore -- everything is temporary. If I need to find a site again, I typically just google for it and find it. Lots of tabs help mitigate that.
    • sixothree 9y ago
      Stewbrew might love this one. I often bookmark groups of tabs. For example, there are 6 spec documents (on my local disk) that I used every day for the last month or so. I middle click on that folder, and boom! 6 new tabs right there ready for me to read. There's no use trying to change people's behavior. And this particular one really shouldn't need to be defended. Some people have simpler workflows than mine. Ahem...